Hundreds of Maoist rebels descended upon a camp of paramilitary forces in the forests of India’s Chhattisgarh state in a surprise attack Tuesday morning that left at least 76 troops dead—the bloodiest clash between rebels and government forces in four decades, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Nepal’s long-standing monarchy is about to become obsolete, after more than two-thirds of the country’s provisional parliament voted to amend the constitution and give the government the power to abolish the monarchy and establish a “federal democratic republican state” instead.